Until I saw this video from Your Tango, I hadn’t given much thought to chivalry.

I grew up watching my dad and uncles opening up doors for the women in their lives. In fact, it didn’t have to be a woman they knew for them to open the door. It was part of being a gentleman.

My parents were taught etiquette in school. Some schools had classes on how to set tables and how to act at social events. They even had classes on cooking and sewing for women.

Having gone to a Catholic school, I did have a class on marriage titled appropriately enough: Marriage. The class was not about dating or how to ask a beautiful young lady out. It was sadly only about the practicalities of planning a wedding and how the church fit in with your marriage plans.

All well and good but I always felt like there was something missing. Dating for most of us comes before marriage yet there wasn’t a class in college or high school that dealt with this.

Most in the United States are not put into arranged marriages. For better or worse we are all on our own having to make tough dating decisions. This is not for the faint of heart as hearts are broken and relationships ruined.

As always I say it’s best to be prepared for whatever life and love will throw at you!

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